with Walter Simson

June 2011

06/21/11

I see a lot of worry. My clients have seen once-in-a-lifetime declines in demand and have struggled to make payments that don’t go down when revenues do. That means office rent, lease payments, and bank debt. At a recent gathering of restaurant owners, one man took me aside and worried about another cost that he can reduce, but doesn’t want to.

06/14/11

I received a link to a YouTube video with an urgent message: listen to this. I found an attractive white couple playing under the name “Karmin,” starting a rap cover. He’s at the piano, she’s playing folk guitar.